Egg crate packing device



ug- Z, w35 o. DE LANGE ZBLSQZ EGG CRATE PACKING DEVICE l Filed July 2,1934 @Ummm Patented Aug. 20, 1935 I 2,011,892 l t t, EGG CRATEPACKINGDEVIQE s, K Orrel De-Ilnge, ProvoQUtah n n n .Application .ulyZ1934,l Serial Nog.y 733,499 i,

4 2 Claims. (C1` A21j 26) The invention relates to an egg crate packingdevice and more especially to egg handling buckets `or baskets. f

'Ihe primary object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthischaracter, wherein a bucket or basket is constructed to accommodateracks which are .removable therefrom and these supporting flats andfillers for eggs, while fitted within the said bucket or basketaresuspension members so as to hold the contents of the bucketor'basket, namely, eggs, when placed upon the flats and within thefillers; whereby such oon` tents can be packed within an egg cratein aconvenient manner without requiring labor for so doing.

Y Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, wherein the construction thereof is novel in form, so thateggs canbe stacked with their fillers and flats in true order within anegg crate and-by reason of the construction of the handling bucket orbasket the eggs as contained upon the flats yand withinthe .fillerswillbe ventilated for cooling purposes. I

'.A further object of the invention is the provision of a device Aof'thischaracter which is simple in its construction, readily and easilyhandled, thoroughly reliable and efcient in its purposes, light inweight, yet strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Awith these and other objects in viewfthe' in vention consist in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, which vdiscloses the preferred embodiment of theinvention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View through a device constructed inaccordance with the invention and showing eggs supported bythe flats andwithin the fillers therefor. l

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through an egg crateshowing the device placed therein and the contents of the bucket orbasket of said device partially pulled from the crate, with the eggsproperly held within the crate.

shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a bottomy plan view thereof. Figure 5 is a perspective viewof one of the racks.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view ing 4the legsv I2 relation toeach other..

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the device as y placed within the bucket-orbasket I0.

` -is of standard constructionhavingthe interior partition Bforproviding stacking'spaces for eggs Y within said crate. 1'

The eggpacking `or handling device embodyf.` ing the presentinventionAcomprises a `bucket 0r y'basket III preferably made from sheet metal andofzsquared'formation; thebody of the saidbucket `or1basket being.provided ,with transverse rows of perforations II in opposed side wallsthereof and these being fo-r Ventilating purposes and also for thepurpose hereinafter described. The rows of perforations are spaced therequired distance4 apart in a vertical direction .and selected per Aforations I I are adapted to accommodate the legs I2 of substantiallyU-.shaped racks I3, these beingk removably inserted in said selectedperforations to constitute rests for egg flats I4 and fillers I5respectively, the perforations II receivof the racks being in a plane soas to not interfere withthe fillers I5 when the same are arrangedsuperposed with respect to each otherwithin the bucket or basket III, asis clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. Each flat Ahas stamped orstruck upwardly therefrom the upstanding concaved seats I6 for the widerends of eggs I1 when 'placed within the fillers I5 sonas to hold the`eggs centered within the pockets I8 formed by the fillers I5 and atrest therein.

Provided at the upper corners of the bucket vor basket I0 are hooks I9,the said bucket or Abask-v ket being open at its top and'bottom, andengageable with ythese hooks are suspension straps 20, each beingprovided with the eyelets`2I for accommodating the hooks I9 so that thesaid straps 20 at opposite ends thereof can be en- I9 and in theirengagement V K gaged on the hooks the straps 20 will be disposed indiagonally crossed These straps are adapted to be trained beneath thelowermost flat I4 of the series after the placing of such flat withinthe'bucket or basket I0 and also theffillers SI5 properly `relatedtherewith for stacking purposes both of said llers and eggs as nestedwithin the latter. Y

It will appear that there is one rack I3 vfor each flat and ller inVtheir stacked relation as At the upper open end of the bucket or basketI Il is a swinging handle 22 for the convenient carrying of said bucketor basket.

In the use of the bucket or basket for egg crate packing or egghandling, the straps 2U, which are liexible and preferably made fromleather, have their eyelets 2 I engaged on the hooks I9 for theirdisposition in crossed diagonally disposed relation to each other forsuspension within the bucket or basket I0, it being understood,ofcourse, thatl a rack I3 is inserted in the perfcrations I I at thelowermost point of the bucket or basket, so that the crossed stretchesof thej said straps 20 will rest upon this rack. There-V after a at I4is superimposed uponthe-said rack 1 and also a ller I5 placed uponthis-flat I4.

Thereafter the eggs II` aremplaced within the4 pockets of this fillerI5. Then anotherracky I3 is engaged in the perforations II immediatelyabove the lowermost filler and the placing 'of another flatand filler ishad 'within the' bucket or basket and this operation is repeated untilthe bucket or basket has been completely filled with eggs "I'I, theybeing stackedwithin' said bucket or basket. Thereafter the bucket orbasket as filled is placed within a space accommodating the same withinthe crate A. To release the contents of the lledlbucket or basket I asplaced within the crateA for the packing of the latter, the straps 28are detached from the hooks I9 and this-frees the bucket or basket thatcan be pulled outwardly from the crate, as exampled in Figure2 kof thedrawing, it being understood, of course, -vthat prior to the insertionof the bucket' or basket I 0 into the crate, the

racks I3 in al1 are removed from the said bucket or basket and duringthis the ats I4 settle upon the fillers I immediately beneath the same.On

the removal of the bucket or basket I0 from the crate A, the straps arepulled from about the stacked ats and fillers including the eggs andthus properly stacked and packed within the said crate. The operation asbefore described is successively carried forth until the crate hasbeen*completelypacked.I 1f

The handle 22 permits of convenient handling of the bucket orbasket I0when being lled and also for the placement thereof within the crate A,as before set forth.'

What is claimed is: `1, In a device of the kind described, a bucket"provided "with vertically spaced transverse rows of perforations, a`removable filler fitting the bucket and having ats provided with eggseats and U-shaped members having legs slidably fitting in. selectedperforation's of the rows' with thelegs supporting the flats. o. l

2. vIn a device of the kind described; a bucket provided with verticallyspaced transverse rows of perforations, a, removable iiller fitting thebucket and having flats provided with egg seats, U-shaped, membershaving legs Vslidablyv fitting in selected perforations ofthe rows withthe legs supporting the llats and .straps arranged crosswise. of veachother beneath the bottom of the filler and trained upwardly between thelatter and the bucket and separably connected with said bucket at itsupper end. v

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